Notes Regarding Land Use Policy Application (LUPA) Policies Translated into Community Character Manual (CCM) Policies
Note: Out of fourteen Community Plans, the following five Community Plans have previously been updated to the
Community Character Manual (CCM) Policies:
Madison
West Nashville
North Nashville
Bellevue
Antioch‐Priest Lake
The following nine Community Plans are using older Land Use Policy Application (LUPA) Policies:
Joelton
Parkwood‐Union Hill
Bordeaux‐Whites Creek
East Nashville
Downtown
Green Hills‐Midtown
South Nashville
Southeast
Donelson‐Hermitage‐Old Hickory
As part of the NashvilleNext process, these nine Community Plans, using older LUPA policies, have been translated to
the closest match in the Community Character Manual Policies, in order to be consistent across Davidson County as the
community discusses Nashville’s future, including preservation and development. Any currently adopted Special Policy
areas or Detailed Design Plans remain in place and do not change as part of this translation.
The Community Character Manual (CCM) Policies are based on a planning tool called the Transect. The Transect
describes the various development patterns of a region from natural areas to very urbanized areas in seven Transect
categories. The Transect model calls for development in the different Transect categories to be distinctive – rural
development should, for example, look and feel different than suburban or urban development. Community Character
Policies are written to reflect the many development patterns across Davidson County from rural to urban areas.
Image courtesy of the Center for Applied Transect Studies
The following list describes which CCM Policy has been applied to which LUPA Policy.
Existing LUPA Policy/Detailed Policies Proposed CCM Policy + Transect
Water (W) Conservation (CO)
Natural Conservation (NCO) Conservation (CO); one Metro Park changed to T3 Open Space (T3 OS). Note:
Additional Conservation policy has been mapped for all floodplain areas.
Open Space (OS) T1/T2/T3/T4/T5/T6 Open Space (OS)
Civic or Public Benefit in OS T3/T4 Open Space (OS); 2 areas T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM)
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in OS T1/T4/T6 Open Space (OS)
Potential Open Space (POS) T2/T3/T4 Potential Open Space (POS); one Metro property changed to T2 OS
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in POS T4/T6 Potential Open Space (POS)
Rural (R) T2 Neighborhood Maintenance (T2 NM)
Rural Residential (RR) (Scottsboro/Bells Bend) T2 Neighborhood Maintenance (T2 NM)
Neighborhood General (NG) T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM); a few areas of T3/T4 Neighborhood
Evolving (NE); one school property changed to T3 Open Space (T3 OS)
Cemetery in NG (1 area) T3 Neighborhood Maintenance (T3 NM)
Civic or Public Benefit in NC T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM); 2 Metro facilities in T4 OS
Mixed Housing in NG T3/T4 Neighborhood Evolving (NE)
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in NC T3/T4 Potential Open Space (POS)
Single Family Attached & Detached in NG T3/T4 Neighborhood Evolving (NE)
Single Family Detached in NG T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM)
Transition or Buffer in NG T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM); 1 area of D Office Concentration
Corridor General (CG) T3 Residential Corridor (T3 RC); one area changed to T3 Open Space (T3 OS)
(now owned by Metro Parks)
Mixed Housing in CG T4 Residential Corridor (T4 RC)
Residential Low Density (RL) T2/T3 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM)
Single Family Detached in RL T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM)
Residential Low‐Medium Density (RLM) T2/T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (NM)
Civic or Public Benefit in RLM T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (T4 NM)
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in RLM T4 Potential Open Space (T4 POS)
Single Family Detached in RLM T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (T4 NM)
Residential Medium Density (RM) T3/T4 Neighborhood Maintenance/Evolving (NM; NE); one area of T2
Neighborhood Maintenance (T2 NM)
Single Family Detached in RM T4 Neighborhood Maintenance (T4 NM)
Residential Medium‐High Density (RMH) T3/T4 Neighborhood Evolving (NE)
Residential High Density (RH) T3/T4 Neighborhood Evolving (NE)
Neighborhood Center (NC) T2/T3/T4 Neighborhood Center (NC)
Civic or Public Benefit in NC T3/T4 Neighborhood Center (NC); 2 Metro facilities in T4 Open Space
Mixed Housing in NC T4 Residential Corridor (T4 RC)
Mixed Live/Work in NC T3 Neighborhood Evolving (T3 NE) (unique to Carothers Crossing)
Mixed Use in NC T3/T4 Neighborhood Center (NC)
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in NC T3/T4 Potential Open Space (POS)
Neighborhood Urban (NU) T4/T5 Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU)
Commercial in NU T4 Mixed Use Neighborhood (T4 MU)
Light Mixed Industrial in NU D Industrial (D IN)
Mixed Housing in NU T4 Residential Corridor (T4 RC)
Mixed Use in NU T4 Mixed Use Neighborhood (T4 MU)
Single Family Attached & Detached in NU T4 Neighborhood Evolving (T4 NE)
Community Center (CC) T3/T4 Community Center (CC); 1 area changed to T2 Neighborhood Center (NC)
Civic or Public Benefit in CC T4 Community Center (T4 CC)
Commercial in CC T3/T4 Community Center (CC)
Mixed Housing in CC T3/T4 Residential Corridor (RC)
Mixed Use in CC T3/T4 Community Center (CC)
Office in CC D Office Concentration (D OC)
Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in CC T3/T4 Potential Open Space (POS)
Single Family Attached & Detached in CC T4 Neighborhood Evolving (T4 NE)
Transition or Buffer in CC T3 Community Center (T3 CC) (CCM contains transition language)
Retail Neighborhood (RN) (1 area) T4 Neighborhood Center (T4 NC)
Commercial Mixed Concentration (CMC) T3/T4 Community Center (CC)
Commercial Arterial Existing (CAE) (2 areas) T3 Mixed Use Corridor (T3 CM)
Retail Concentration Community (RCC) (2 areas) T4 Community Center (T4 CC); T5 Regional Center (T5 RC)
Retail Concentration Super Community (RCS) (3 areas) T5 Regional Center (T5 RC); one area of T3 Community Center (T3 CC)
Regional Activity Center (RAC) (2 areas) Green Hills Mall changed to T5 Super Regional Center; area in Antioch changed
to T3 Neighborhood Evolving (T3 NE) with recent plan update
Mixed Use (MU) T4/T5 Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU); T3 Mixed Use Corridor (T3 CM); D Office
Concentration (D OC)
Civic District (CV) T6 Civic District (T6 CV)
Amusement and Entertainment in CV T6 Civic District (T6 CV)
Civic or Public Benefit in CV T6 Civic District (T6 CV)
Mixed Use in CV T6 Civic District (T6 CV)
Transportation in CV T6 Civic District (T6 CV)
Downtown Core (DC) T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Amusement and Entertainment in DC T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Civic or Public Benefit in DC T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Institutional in DC T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Mixed Use in DC T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Transportation in DC T6 Downtown Core (T6 DC)
Downtown Neighborhood (DN) T6 Downtown Neighborhood (T6 DN)
Amusement and Entertainment in DN T6 Downtown Neighborhood (T6 DN)
Civic or Public Benefit in DN T6 Downtown Neighborhood (T6 DN)
Mixed Use in DN T6 Downtown Neighborhood (T6 DN) lity in DN T6 Downtown Neighborhood (T6 DN)
Second and Broadway (SB) T6 Second and Broadway (T6 SB)
Amusement and Entertainment in SB T6 Second and Broadway (T6 SB) Civic or Public Benefit in SB T6 Second and Broadway (T6 SB) Mixed Use in SB T6 Second and Broadway (T6 SB)
Impact (I) D Impact (D I); former Cornelia Fort Airport changed to T1 Open Space (T1 OS)
lity in I D Impact (D I)
Industrial (IN) D Industrial (D IN)
Light Mixed Industrial in NU D Industrial (D IN)
Major onal (MI) D Major l (D MI)
onal in MI D Major onal (D MI) Office in MI D Office Co (D OC) Parks Reserves & Other Open Space in MI T4 Open Space (T4 POS)
Office Transi on (OT) D Office Concen on (D OC)
Office Concentra on (OC) D Office Concen on (D OC)
Village Reside l (VR) / Village Commercial (VC) T2 Neighborhood Evolving (T2 NE); T2 Neighborhood Center (T2 NC) (Unique to sboro/Bells Bend)
LUPA Policy Categories that are no longer used: Detailed Policy Categories that are no longer used:
Interim Nonurban (IN) Agricultural (A)
Major Public Open Space (MPOS) Heavy Mixed Industrial (HMI)
Office Concent on edia (OCM) Hazardous Industrial or Mineral on (HI)
Retail Local Convenience (RLC)
Central Business District (CBD) Detailed Policy Categories not used
Major Transpo (MT) Cemetery (Cem) – only used in one area
Industrial and (IND) Amusement or Entertainment (AE) – Downtown
Interim Rural (IRU) lity (U) – Downtown
Corridor Edge (CE) Transport (T) – Downtown
Corridor Center (CC)
Notes regarding the tra on of policies:
Any areas without sewer (or with without sewer access) that were not in the Rural Transect have been added to the Rural Transect and to a Rural CCM policy. Any official floodplain areas that were not already placed in policy have been placed in policy. Any Special Policy areas or Detailed Design Plan areas remain in place and do not change as part of this tr
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